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You Can’t Take it With You (1979): Cast

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You Can’t Take it With You is a 1979 comedy directed by Paul Bogart, starring Jean Stapleton as Penny Sycamore, Art Carney and Harry Morgan. It runs 1 hour 36 minutes.

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You Can’t Take it With You (1979) movie poster
Released
Runtime
1h 36m (96 min)
Director
Paul Bogart
Genre
Comedy
Original language
English
After the credits
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The story

What Is You Can’t Take it With You About?

The premise of You Can’t Take it With You without spoilers.

Emmy winner Jean Stapleton and Academy Award winner Art Carney lead the cast in George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s Pulitzer Prize‑winning comedy, which follows a delightfully eccentric family that lives by its own whimsical rules, pursuing their whims without regard for conventional expectations.

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Cast & crew

You Can’t Take it With You Cast & Characters

Jean Stapleton leads the cast as Penny Sycamore, with Art Carney as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof and Harry Morgan as Mr. DePinna. Directed by Paul Bogart; 19 actors are credited in all.

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From the director

More from Paul Bogart

More films directed by Paul Bogart, best-rated first: Skin Game, Oh, God! You Devil, The Heidi Chronicles and The Last Mile.

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You Can’t Take it With You FAQ: Cast & Runtime

Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of You Can’t Take it With You, each answered in a sentence.

How long is You Can’t Take it With You?

You Can’t Take it With You runs 1 hour 36 minutes (96 minutes).

When was You Can’t Take it With You released?

You Can’t Take it With You was released on May 16, 1979.

Who directed You Can’t Take it With You?

You Can’t Take it With You was directed by Paul Bogart.

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Who is in the cast of You Can’t Take it With You?

You Can’t Take it With You stars Jean Stapleton as Penny Sycamore, Art Carney as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof and Harry Morgan as Mr. DePinna, among 19 credited actors.

Does You Can’t Take it With You have a post-credit scene?

No. You Can’t Take it With You has no extra scene during or after the credits.

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